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All the countries already qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup have discovered their group stage opponents at a draw held in Washington DC on Friday night.
African representatives Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Morocco, South Africa, Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia, and debutant Cape Verde, all discovered their group stage foes.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be hosted in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The global showpiece will be the 23rd edition of the tournament but the first to feature 48 teams, and is billed to hold from June 11, 2026 to July 19, 2026.
At the event attended by football lovers across the globe, an inaugural peace prize was handed to the President of the Unites States.
The award has been introduced this year by Fifa president Gianni Infantino, designated for a person who has “taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace” and “united people across the world”.
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Full Draw
Group A
Mexico
South Africa
South Korea
European Playoff D (Denmark, North Macedonia, Czechia, Ireland)
Group B
Canada
European Playoff A (Italy, Northern Ireland, Wales, Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Qatar
Switzerland
Group C
Brazil
Morocco
Haiti
Scotland
Group D
United States
Paraguay
Australia
European Playoff C (Türkiye, Romania, Slovakia, Kosovo)
Group E
Germany
Curaçao
Ivory Coast
Ecuador
Group F
Netherlands
Japan
European Playoff B (Ukraine, Sweden, Poland, Albania)
Tunisia
Group G
Belgium
Egypt
Iran
New Zealand
Group H
Spain
Cape Verde
Saudi Arabia
Uruguay
Group J
Argentina
Algeria
Austria
Jordan
Group K
Portugal
FIFA Intercontinental Playoff Tournament 1 (Jamaica, New Caledonia, DR Congo)
Uzbekistan
Colombia
Group L
England
Croatia
Ghana
Panama
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